warm-blooded

 

adjective

  • 1relating to or denoting animals (chiefly mammals and birds) which maintain a constant body temperature, typically above that of the surroundings, by metabolic means; homeothermic: some theories suggest that the dinosaurs were warm-blooded
  • 2ardent; passionate: the warm-blooded sailor who sets out to win a girl

Derivatives

warm-bloodedness

noun